The Nov. event celebrated Va. Governor Robert J. McDonnell's Proclamation declaring November 2010 as Veterans Legal Services Month. The gathering also highlighted the VBA Veterans Initiative, which seeks to educate the state's attorneys about veterans' legal needs and to enlist attorneys to assist them on a pro bono or reduced fee basis. The initiative also encourages law firms to sponsor fundraisers to benefit William & Mary Law School's Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic.

The Virginia Board of Bar Examiners announced in October that 92.6 percent of William & Mary Law School graduates who were taking the bar for the first time passed the July 2010 exam, the highest passage rate among first-time test takers from the eight law schools in the Commonwealth.

The William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law will publish a Special Issue in December 2011 on the Pentagon Working Group’s report on the possible repeal of the Defense Department’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.

Professor Rose of the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law received the prize at the 7th annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference on Sept. 30. Justice O'Connor will be honored at the 8th annual conference, which will be held in Beijing on Oct. 14-15, 2011.

The Law School will announce the naming of the Veterans Benefits Clinic in honor of alumnus, veteran and Pulitzer prize winning author Lewis B. Puller, Jr. (1945-1994) on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, at 1PM in the Law School lobby. Free and all are welcome.

A $1.1 million gift from College of William & Mary alumni Timothy P. Dunn '83 and his wife, Ellen R. Stofan '83, will establish the H. Stewart Dunn, Jr. Civil Liberties Project at the College, officials announced today.

An article to be published in the December 2010 issue of the William and Mary Law Review details the results of a study featured in a Sept. 30 New York Times story titled "Reports Say Deadline Hinders Asylum Seekers."

Two William & Mary students - law student Blake Christensen '12 and undergraduate business major Brittany Kidd '11 - were honored as TowneBank's first Alvin P. Anderson Scholars at an Aug. 25 reception at TowneBank's Monticello Avenue office in Williamsburg.

Election Law Program and the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal | September 22, 2010

The William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal and the Election Law Program are co-sponsoring the "Privacy, Democracy and Elections" event. Please note that the Cutler Lecture, originally planned for Oct. 21, has been added to the symposium schedule at 9AM.

The Institute of Bill of Rights Law will bring together distinguished lawyers, judges, journalists, and law professors from around the country this week to discuss and analyze the Court's upcoming term.

The Law School welcomed new students on Aug. 16. The J.D. Class of 2013, 217 strong, was chosen from a pool of 6,292 applicants, the largest in the school's history, and an increase of more than 26 percent from the record 4,984 applicants for the J.D. Class of 2012.

The W&M Property Rights Project will bring together some of the nation's top academics and attorneys for the Seventh Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference at the Law School Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.

Attendees of the Black Law Student Association's (BLSA) annual Oliver White Hill Scholarship Banquet on April 14 were truly in the presence of a living legend: the famous Richmond civil rights attorney himself.

More than 50 representatives from organizations that aid veterans came together for "WarriorConnect" on May 22, a free event for veterans and their families sponsored by the Law School's Veterans Benefits Clinic and the Department of Veterans Services - Virginia Wounded Warrior Program, and made possible by generous support from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund.

On Saturday, May 15, the Law School community gathered in Colonial Williamsburg's Kimball Theatre with soon-to-be graduates, their families and friends to celebrate the Class of 2010's contributions and achievements.

Mark S. Dray, a 1968 graduate of William & Mary Law School, was honored with the Law School Association's 2010 Citizen-Lawyer Award during the Law School's graduation ceremony on May 16. The award is given annually to a graduate or friend of the Law School who stands squarely in the Jeffersonian tradition of outstanding citizenship and leadership.

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor urged the Law School's 2010 graduates to make a commitment to "being bridge builders" during her remarks at the Law School's May 16 graduation ceremony.

W&M Law has awarded $300,000 in fellowships to 109 rising second and third-year students. This is the most money ever awarded and the largest number of students to receive fellowships in the program's history.

The May 22 "WarriorConnect" event at William & Mary will bring 50+ organizations together at a free resource fair for veterans and their families. The event is sponsored by the William & Mary Veterans Benefits Clinic in partnership with the Virginia Wounded Warrior Program.

Rob Poggenklass's experiences at William & Mary's Law School are more than just the classes he took. Public Service and student advocacy groups have played a huge role in shaping his law school experience and his future.

W&M Chancellor and retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will address graduates and their families on May 16. In addition, she will receive the Marshall-Wythe Medallion, the highest honor given by the faculty.

The Law School retained its rank of 28th in the U.S. News & World Report survey. Spring also brought other good news for the nation's oldest law school - applications to the Class of 2013 J.D. program increased by a record 26%.

More than 70 runners and walkers tied on their sneakers on March 20 for the Sixth Annual "Ali's Run," a fundraiser sponsored by the Bone Marrow Drive Committee in memory of Alison Ruth Kaplan. Matthew Chander was the first finisher (and 25 and under men's winner).

The William & Mary Business Law Review, a new publication edited by William & Mary law students, has announced that nine distinguished graduates of the Law School and the Dean of William & Mary's Mason School of Business will serve on its first Advisory Board.

William & Mary's second law professor - St. George Tucker (1752-1827) - will soon receive his proper due, thanks to the efforts of Charles F. Hobson. Hobson, a resident scholar at the Law School and member of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, has tackled the task of researching and annotating Tucker's legal manuscripts.

The Institute of Bill of Rights Law at William & Mary Law School hosted a panel on Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia featuring author Joan Biskupic and Alan Meese, Ball Professor of Law and a former law clerk for Justice Scalia.

The Election Law Society and the Election Law Program at William & Mary Law School will host the the Fourth Annual Election Law Symposium, titled "Back to the Drawing Board: The 2010 Census and the Politics of Redistricting" on Thursday, March 18. The event is free and all are welcome.

Rene Magloire, a Haitian diplomat, and Louis Aucoin,an American professor from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, spoke at a Feb. 15 panel about legal reform in Haiti accomplished prior to the earthquake and the need for reform efforts to continue.

Erin Zagursky, William & Mary Office of University Relations | January 27, 2010

Paul Marcus, Haynes Professor of Law, and Mark Patterson, Associate Professor of Marine Science, received the state's highest honor for professors, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia announced today.

Students enrolled in Professor Linda A. Malone's seminar will soon be researching and writing legal memos for the Pentagon's Office of Prosecutions in cases proceeding before the Guantanamo Bay military commissions.

The William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review will host its annual symposium titled "Diversifying Your Portfolio: Regulating Energy Sources with Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards" on January 29-30 at William & Mary Law School. The event is free and open to the public. Continuing Legal Education Credit is pending, please contact ELPRsymposium@gmail.com for more information.